I was in blackout and parents haven’t even texted me

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I live in one of the countries where there was a power cut, it was frightening at the time and still feels a bit unsettling. My parents haven’t even WhatsApped us to see how we are (they still live in the U.K.)

Is this normal?

It was nothing like being about charging up
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I’m also a child of the 70’s

If you thought they would be worried, why did you not contact them to reassure them. Presumably you are an adult. I would have, elderly parents in Australia.

Why would they text about a power cut?

Is this normal for them?

How do you know they didn't text you? It's possible it didn't get through.

Why don't you ring them and chat if you still feel unsettled? Or are they normally not much help anyway?

It was a power cut, not Armageddon.

When power came back on, I received all my messages, nothing from them or today or anyone in the uk

Family wise I mean-sister etc

It’s not normal now FFS.
Really can’t people engage their brain? The 70’s was half a century ago. Our reliance on power nowadays is insane and threats to it are real.
This was not a power outage on your street or village. Everything stopped across large parts of two countries. It must have been very frightening for people - imagine the tube suddenly stopping mid tunnel and you have no idea why or the train between stations, stuck in a light, or having no access to money? No information as the radios, TVs, internet were all down.

I heard about it on the news but got the impression it was “news” because it was over such a big area. Didn’t hear anything about danger or other serious incidents. What were you so scared of?
Perhaps your parents didn’t call because like me they only heard of it as a power cut.
Why didn’t you call them if you were scared? I’m guessing you didn’t call because with no power it wasn’t possible, in which case, they might have tried to call you unsuccessfully.

Me too. It’s not really that uncommon. I’d assume most people have sensible amount of no cook / easy cook food just in case.

In the event of a power cut I assume most people are absolutely fine, maybe a bit bored and whiffy, assuming there is no hot water.

Well, I think some of the coverage didn’t help. There was a lot about people being forced to abandon haircuts half way through which gave things a trivial air.

your parents will probably be of a generation very familiar with power cuts. I also had them, sometimes longish, when growing up: they were irritating but the world didn’t end unless you had some unusual need for electricity like home dialysis. It was just a thing that happened now and again. You got the candles out and got on with it. Maybe they were just a bit nonplussed by it all.

I mean, I’d expect it to spark a conversation at least, by text, as it’s unusual and interesting but I wouldn’t necessarily expect messages of concern and checking in. Especially if you don’t communicate multiple times a day normally.

I didn’t think they’d be worried exactly, I would expect they’d send a quick text to check what was going on

I don't recall 12 hour+ power cuts across large parts of the UK (as opposed to parts of cities and towns) at any time in my life, and I am nearly 50.

I think for people who are not in their homes and reliant on trams, trains, lifts, escalators, mobile phones, internet etc to get home, it might be a bit more complicated than just lighting candles and going to bed.

People saying they didn't know anything about it must live under a rock

I live in Cornwall and it’s not uncommon to lose power for over 24hours.

The towns near me had no water for 4 days recently.

I wouldn’t text someone really unless like the water outage I could offer for them to come mine to use the toilet and have a shower etc.

If I couldn’t help, then I would leave them to it to so they didn’t waste their battery feeling like they had to reply to my messages.
I would assume if they needed anything they would text and ask.

It was a little more than that 😅

OP, is there more to this than you are letting on? Because tbh, I don't think a power cut renders your parents totally uncaring for not immediately thinking of you. You're an adult.
Yes I'm a child of the 70's and managed to survive power cuts. Lived thro Covid etc.
What's really going on?

Exactly. And all this nonsense of “it was just a power cut”…

Then how would they have texted you?

I think it's an overreaction on your part, to echo PPs we quite often have powercuts in winter and have an assortment of head-torches, powerbanks and a wind-up radio for emergencies. I imagine your parents might have just thought you'd get on with it. But if it's really upset you, you wouldn't be unreasonable to let them know.

Your parents wouldn’t text you to see how you are if they heard that your area had no water for days?

There we were all under the impression that it was a power cut.

We didn't realise there a nuclear war as well.

But it was just a power cut. What else was it, if not?

Exactly this, the banks stopped, peoples cards stopped working, if you didn’t have any cash in the house it was a panic. We were told it could take up to a week possibly. Again, we didn’t know that this wasn’t a cyber attack and majority of Europe were facing similar

Well, OP, given the number of people posting on here who are remembering power cuts from 50 years ago and saying they were no big deal, perhaps your parents genuinely don't appreciate the scale of what happened where you are and are assuming you could just light candles and go to bed. (I'm not being facetious. I think maybe they just don't get it.)